Milkybar® Kid Top Ten – It’s Time to Vote!

The search is almost
over for one of New Zealand’s most well-known young
adventurers – the MILKYBAR Kid – as all Top Ten
Finalists are revealed and public voting opens today (1
November 2010).

The public has seen all the Finalists on
Good Morning, in magazines, and on the MILKYBAR
website, and can now vote at www.milkybar.co.nz for the Finalist they
think would be the best New Zealand MILKYBAR Kid. Voting
closes at midnight on Friday 12 November, after which a
panel of judges will pick the ultimate winner, who will be
revealed on Friday 19 November 2010.

Since 9 August 2010,
parents and guardians have been filming audition videos of
their children using a script from the MILKYBAR website and
uploading the footage for their chance to fill the iconic
boots of this much-loved character. Public auditions were
also held at branches of The Warehouse, New World and Pak n
Save nationwide.

59 children were then shortlisted from
the approximately 1500 entries received (48 from online
entries and 11 from in-store auditions), and following
casting calls in Auckland and Wellington, the Top Ten
Finalists were selected.

The chosen child will star in the
new MILKYBAR television commercial in 2011, and enter the
hearts (and lounges) of Kiwis as part of one of New
Zealand’s most iconic television campaigns. The search was
for a child between 7 and 10 years old that possesses a
certain star quality.www.milkybar.co.nz

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